Re: Yes to Publicity! Not to Anonimity! Was: Re: GNOME Foundation Annual Elections - proposal

[Danilo Segan <dsegan gmx net>]

уторак, 16. септембар 2003. 21:03:47 CEST — Aleksey Sanin написа:
> BTW, in addition to anonymous voting I have one more proposal:
>                          We need anonymous mailing lists!
>
> See the reasons for that change is exactly the same: John Smith might  
> be afraid to state his opinion in a public mailing list (or vote in  
> "open" voting) thus we need to allow him to express his honest  
> opinion on subject anonymously.
> This would help to make sure that we collect all the possible options  
> and opinions in the discussion. Including one that "John's boss  
> suggestion is a piece of crap". Anonymous mailing list *is* a  
> requirement, don't you see it?

Again, this seems to me like a really bad analogy.

The "vote" is usually choice on YES/NO, or GOOD/BAD.

So, if you say to your friend: "I think you're wrong here, and here's  
why... ", it's much different than saying "You're bad for this  
job" (and lets not forget that "friend" chose to be a candidate because  
she believes that she *is good* for that job).

And please don't ignore this because "any self-respected person would  
stick to her belief" (or any similar reason, implicating that someone  
doesn't have a strong enough personality able to confront all the  
issues of the world, or whatever; even if it's the case, you're not  
here to question it -- I don't claim you did this, I'm just avoiding it  
in front :-). You must recognize that this *is* an issue.

So, with this issue apparent, we've got to find a way to solve it. So  
far, we have a proposal for anonymous voting.

Anything else?


Cheers,
Danilo